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Mark is a native of New Virginia, Iowa where he granduated from the Interstate 35 Community High School in 1980. He was conferred with a Bachelor of Music Education degree from Iowa Wesleyan College in Mt. Pleasant in 1984, and a diploma from the Worsham College of Mortuary Science in Chicago in 1985. Mark began his career as a funeral director with the Meyer Brothers Funeral homes in Sioux City. In 1991, he became the manager of the Fullerton Hage Funeral Home in Charles City. He purchased the Weir Funeral Home from Tom Weir in 2001. Mark is a member of the First United Methodist Church where he is the Chancel Choir Director. He serves other churches in the area as a substitute organist. He is a member of the Mt. Pleasant Rotary Club and Mt. Pleasant Lodge #8 AF & AM. Mark served the Grand Lodge of Iowa AF & AM as their Grand Musician for the 2022-2023 year. Mark is a former amateur boxer and now serves as a boxing official and as Secretary-Treasurer for Iowa Amateur Boxing.

He is married to Linda Ann (Begalske) Kimzey, who is a Medical Technologist and Lab Director for Family Medicine of Mt. Pleasant. They have 2 children - Rebekah, the Head Athletic Trainer at Simpson College of Indianola and Aaron, a para educator at the Abingdon Avon School District in Illinois, where his wife, McKenzie, is the 6th grade Math teacher. Aaron is the Faculty Sponsor and Director of the Monmouth College Fighting Scots Bagpipe Band.

With sadness, we announce the passing of Vern Dorothy on December 27, 2024. Vern started as a funeral associate at Weir Funeral Home in the 1990s and continued on with the Kimzey Funeral Home since its change in ownership in 2001. Vern lived on a small farm in Van Buren County for 38 years while working for Dexter Company, a manufacturer of commercial washers and dryers in Fairfield for 45 years. An Army Veteran of WWII, Vern retired and moved to Mt. Pleasant in 1988. Vern is a member of Calvary Baptist Church, where he has served several terms as a Deacon of the church.

Vern retired from the funeral home and resided at Arbor Court in Mt. Pleasant at the time of his death. Most recently, for the past 3 years, Vern threw the first pitch at the Burlington Bees Baseball game on the night the funeral home staff has their outing at the game. In addition to his responsibilities of assisting on funerals, Vern made the out of town trips for the funeral home. Because of Mark's inability to repair anything, Vern completed numerous "handyman" jobs at the funeral home.

Vern was married 74 years to Carolyn (Smith) Dorothy, who passed away March 10, 2024 and who also worked at the funeral home. He has 2 children, 4 grandchildren and several great-grandchildren.

Kimzey Funeral home is saddened to announce the death of Richard Tolander. Richard died on his birthday, July 12, 2022 at the age of 93. Richard had served as a Funeral Associate at Kimzey Funeral Home since 2001. Prior to that, he worked in the same capacity for the Weir Funeral Home. A lifelong Henry County resident, Richard attended school at Olds, New London and Yarmouth. He served in the US Army during the Korean War. Richard had been a trucker, a co-op fuel deliverer and owned and operated a corn shelling business. He retired from those professions and became a bus driver for the Mt. Pleasant Community School District. Married to Marilyn (Wolin) Tolander since 1954, Richard was widowed a number of years ago when Marilyn passed away, Richard was a member of the First United Methodist Church of Mt. Pleasant where he often served as an usher. He was also a member of the Olds American Legion. He is survived by 3 sons and numerous grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

Doris (Griffith) Price was raised in the Welsh community near Crawfordsville. She has lived in Mt. Pleasant since 1964. Doris tends to visitations and works funerals for Kimzey Funeral Home as she did for the Weir Funeral Home. For many years, Doris was the manager of the Activities Concession Stands for the Mt. Pleasant community School District. She continues to organize and schedule the "free" entertainment groups the sing and play at the Midwest Old Threshers Reunion in Mt. Pleasant. She is a member of the Calvary Baptist Church of Mt. Pleasant.

Doris was married to Larry Price, who passed away on March 12, 2025. They have 3 children: Lorna, Lisa and David and 4 grandchildren.

Margi Mounts started as a funeral associate in 2019. She was born in Southern California and has lived in Colorado and Arizona before settling in Mt. Pleasant in 1995 with her husband, Td. She was a paralegal, and after moving to Iowa, worked in Marketing at the Heatilator Corp. (now Hearth & Home Technologies) and was the Director of Religious Educations at St. Alphonsus Catholic Church, where she is a member. You can see her around town either at the REC Center or walking her dog, Rudy, in his black stroller. She has been married to Td for over 50 years. They have 2 daughters and 4 granddaughters.